seigneur

== English == === Alternative forms === seignior === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor. Doublet of seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /sɛˈnjɜ/ (US) IPA(key): /sɛˈnjɝ/ Rhymes: -ɜ(ɹ) === Noun === seigneur (plural seigneurs) (history) A feudal lord or noble. The hereditary feudal ruler of Sark. (Canada) A landowner in Canada; the holder of a seigneurie. A hereditary title in the Bailiwick of Jersey. ==== Coordinate terms ==== seigneuresse (wife of a seigneur) seigneuresse (a female seigneur) dame (female feudal ruler of Sark) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== droit de seigneur grand seigneur == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor (oblique form), from Latin seniōrem (compare sire, derived from the nominative form). Doublet of senior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛ.ɲœʁ/ ~ /se.ɲœʁ/ === Noun === seigneur m (plural seigneurs, feminine seigneuresse or seigneuse) lord (aristocrat, man of high rank) lord (master) (Canada) seigneur (a landowner, holder of a seigneurie) ==== Derived terms ==== à tout seigneur tout honneur vivre en grand seigneur ==== Related terms ==== seigneuresse seigneurial seigneurie sire monseigneur === Further reading === “seigneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === seringue == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French seignor. === Noun === seigneur m (plural seigneurs) lord sire (term of respect) ==== Descendants ==== → English: seigneur French: seigneur == Old French == === Noun === seigneur oblique singular, m (oblique plural seigneurs, nominative singular sire, nominative plural seigneur) alternative form of seignor